Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction

Meeting the Critical Needs of the Canadian Healthcare System

As the world started to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic during 2022–2023, our organization looked to meet the critical needs of the people whose substance use health was most affected by the unexpected and challenging disruption of their lives.

With the expertise and contributions of our partners, CCSA concentrated our efforts for the fiscal year on three core areas where we could have the most impact in a completely non-partisan way. Our 2022–2023 Annual Report, Meeting Critical Needs: Evidence with Impact addresses our important role in informing and supporting Canada’s healthcare system in:

  • Public health,
  • Policy and
  • Healthcare delivery and supporting healthcare professionals.
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Public Health

Last fiscal year, many of our projects impacted the current substance use health landscape in our country, including:

Policy

We also focused on projects where the evidence would inform all levels of government, law enforcement and healthcare organizations as they formulated critical policy in the post-pandemic world. This Included:

Healthcare Delivery and Supporting Healthcare Professionals

Our healthcare system and the people who work in it continue to deal with the ongoing challenges of dual public health emergencies: the COVID-19 pandemic and the toxic drug crisis. We provided evidence of the impact of the pandemic on the harm reduction workers who care for those most in need by:

Moving Ahead Amid Uncertainty.

We continue to move past the pandemic and are trying to determine what the new normal is. If the pandemic showed us anything, it was that the substance use health systems in place now were not built for the people they are supposed to serve. We need systems that offer support and solutions, not create more barriers.
CCSA will continue to work with partners, experts, governments and people with lived or living experience of substance use to break down these barriers and find solutions that work for the people who need them.

View annual reports from previous years:

2021-2022 Into New Territory: Adapting to a Changing Landscape - CCSA Annual Report, 2021–2022
2020-2021 Putting the Pieces Together, Creating Impact: CCSA Annual Report, 2020–2021
2019-2020 Informing Change: CCSA Annual Report, 2019-2020
2018-2019 Evidence in Action: CCSA Annual Report, 2018-2019
2017-2018 Clear Perspectives on Substance Use and Addiction
2016-2017 Real Need – Real Action

 

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Public Health

Last fiscal year, many of our projects impacted the current substance use health landscape in our country, including:

Policy

We also focused on projects where the evidence would inform all levels of government, law enforcement and healthcare organizations as they formulated critical policy in the post-pandemic world. This Included:

Healthcare Delivery and Supporting Healthcare Professionals

Our healthcare system and the people who work in it continue to deal with the ongoing challenges of dual public health emergencies: the COVID-19 pandemic and the toxic drug crisis. We provided evidence of the impact of the pandemic on the harm reduction workers who care for those most in need by:

Moving Ahead Amid Uncertainty.

We continue to move past the pandemic and are trying to determine what the new normal is. If the pandemic showed us anything, it was that the substance use health systems in place now were not built for the people they are supposed to serve. We need systems that offer support and solutions, not create more barriers.
CCSA will continue to work with partners, experts, governments and people with lived or living experience of substance use to break down these barriers and find solutions that work for the people who need them.

View annual reports from previous years:

2021-2022 Into New Territory: Adapting to a Changing Landscape - CCSA Annual Report, 2021–2022
2020-2021 Putting the Pieces Together, Creating Impact: CCSA Annual Report, 2020–2021
2019-2020 Informing Change: CCSA Annual Report, 2019-2020
2018-2019 Evidence in Action: CCSA Annual Report, 2018-2019
2017-2018 Clear Perspectives on Substance Use and Addiction
2016-2017 Real Need – Real Action

 

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